From green building to power transmission, RedVector has the hottest new courses and webinars on topics critical to your industry. Check out what’s new in February, and don’t miss our LIVE webinars on February 27 & 28!
Green Building Envelope Design
Ready to get your green on? This in-depth webcast provides key concepts, principles, and practices applicable to new construction as well as to your retrofitting projects. It covers important topics including pre-design considerations, energy efficiency, and maintenance and operations. (2-hour webcast)
Ethical Decision Making for Design and Construction Professionals
No doubt about it—designers, planners, architects, and engineers all need to know about and adhere to established codes of ethics. This webcast provides the history of the events that led to our current attitudes regarding ethical decision making, as well as specific examples of the consequences for making unwise decisions. (2-hour webcast)
Heads up for our electrical engineers, electrical contractors and electricians: these courses are our first in a brand new line-up of commercial power courses, with more on the way soon!
Generating Electricity
Brush up on the basics of generating electricity. This course covers the primary types of generation used today, as well as the main pieces of equipment used in electricity generation and how generation is managed to meet the growing demand from customers. (1 hour)
Power Transmission & Distribution
Learn about power transmission and distribution and where we’re headed in the future. This course provides a detailed overview of the topic, including components of transmission lines, transformers and switchgear, substations, and electric power distribution systems. It also provides general information related to electric service loads as well as operational aspects and costs involved in transmitting and distributing electric power.
WEBINARS:
Downcycle, Upcycle, Precycle and Recycle
Presented by Dr. Rumanda Young
February 27, 2012 from 1pm-4pm EST
In an era of resource conservation, the idea of reuse is paramount to meeting sustainability goals. This interactive, 3-hour webinar introduces green-minded professionals to the concepts of downcycling (reclaiming), upcycling (refashioning), precycling (reducing waste), and recycling (reuse).
Power of an Energy Audit
Presented by Dr. Rumanda Young
February 28, 2012 from 1pm-4pm EST
An energy audit is often the first step in energy consumption reduction. This in-depth 3-hour webinar examines the importance of conducting an energy audit to assess energy use and measures to implement for energy conservation. It will also focus on how auditing can help identify cost-saving opportunities and prioritize improvements.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Green Building is Still Red Hot: Top 5 Trends for 2012
By Vicki Zambito
The future looks bright for the green building industry. Green Building Consultant Jerry Yudelson recently published his annual list of green building MegaTrends. Yudelson says that green building will continue its rebound globally in 2012 in spite of ongoing economic difficulties. Below are his top five insights.
1. Green building in North America will rebound in 2012 with faster growth in green retrofits, ongoing college and university projects and NGO activity making up for the fall in commercial and governmental construction.
2. A strengthened focus on greening the executive branch will benefit sustainable building due to a commitment to a minimum of LEED Gold for all new federal projects.
3. The greening of existing buildings continues to grow as research finds that green buildings have rents and asset prices that are significantly higher than those documented for conventional office space.
4. Growing concern and awareness of the decrease in fresh water supply is leading more building designers and manager to take steps to reduce water consumption in buildings.
5. Global green building projects will continue to rise as more countries create their own incentive and develop their own Green Building Councils.
For more on these green building MegaTrends, visit: http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/pdfs/2012_GreenBuildingMegaTrends.pdf
The future looks bright for the green building industry. Green Building Consultant Jerry Yudelson recently published his annual list of green building MegaTrends. Yudelson says that green building will continue its rebound globally in 2012 in spite of ongoing economic difficulties. Below are his top five insights.
1. Green building in North America will rebound in 2012 with faster growth in green retrofits, ongoing college and university projects and NGO activity making up for the fall in commercial and governmental construction.
2. A strengthened focus on greening the executive branch will benefit sustainable building due to a commitment to a minimum of LEED Gold for all new federal projects.
3. The greening of existing buildings continues to grow as research finds that green buildings have rents and asset prices that are significantly higher than those documented for conventional office space.
4. Growing concern and awareness of the decrease in fresh water supply is leading more building designers and manager to take steps to reduce water consumption in buildings.
5. Global green building projects will continue to rise as more countries create their own incentive and develop their own Green Building Councils.
For more on these green building MegaTrends, visit: http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/pdfs/2012_GreenBuildingMegaTrends.pdf
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